Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International InstitutionalisationConstructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new introduction, and comprehensive connective sections, present Ruggie's ideas and their application to critical policy questions of the post-Cold War international order. Themes covered include: * International Organization. How the 'new Institutionalism' differs from the old. * The System of States. Explorations of political structure, social time, and territorial space in the world polity. * Making History. America and the issue of 'agency' in the post-Cold Was era. NATO and the future transatlantic security community. The United Nations and the collective use of force. |
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Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalization John Gerard Ruggie No preview available - 1998 |
Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalization John Gerard Ruggie No preview available - 1998 |
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